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The Montréal 2027 Worldcon bid filed its official bid to host the 2027 Worldcon with Seattle 2025 on December 7, 2024, and the bid was accepted by Seattle 2025. See the Worldcon Bids Page for links to the documents in the bid filing. On the same day, the Tel Aviv 2027 Worldcon bid sent an […]
8.12.2024 01:28Montreal 2027 Worldcon Bid Filed; Tel Aviv 2027 Worldcon Bid SuspendedPast and current Worldcons and bids for future Worldcons gave presentations and took questions from the members of Glasgow 2024: A Worldcon for Our Futures, the 2024 Worldcon, on August 7, 2024 in Glasgow, Scotland. Courtesy of Glasgow 2024, we have uploaded video of all of the presentations to YouTube Worldcon Events channel. There were […]
23.10.2024 17:51Worldcon Q&A Sessions at 2024 Worldcon PostedThe bid from Anaheim, California, USA won the election to to host the 2026 Worldcon held at the 2024 Worldcon in Glasgow, Scotland. Anaheim was the only candidate on the ballot. A full breakdown of the voting will be published in the minutes of the 2024 WSFS Business Meeting. The 2026 Worldcon will be called […]
25.8.2024 21:13Anaheim Selected to Host 2026 Worldcon[From a news release from Glasgow 2024 published 26th July 2024] Glasgow 2024 has launched its Member Portal providing a single gateway to all online elements of the convention. The Member Portal is available to both in-person and online attendees aged 16 and over. The Portal is packed full of links to useful resources, as […]
28.7.2024 00:06Glasgow 2024 Launches Online Member PortalGlasgow 2024 has published the last of six electronic Progress Reports which have been produced during the two-year period leading up to the convention. Progress Report 5 (the first of the six was numbered as Progress Report 0) can be downloaded in PDF format from the Glasgow 2024 website at https://glasgow2024.org/for-members/publications/.
17.7.2024 16:04Glasgow 2024 Publishes Final Progress ReportGlasgow 2024 – A Worldcon for our Futures, announced on February 27, 2024 that the only bid filed to host the 2026 Worldcon is Los Angeles in 2026. Therefore, this is the only bid that will be on the ballot for the site selection election. Per WSFS rules, other bids can file until the close […]
27.2.2024 21:13LA in 2026 is Only Bid Filed to Host 2026 WorldconCanSMOF, the non-profit corporation that organized the 2009 Worldcon, has announced a bid for Montréal, Québec, Canada for 2027. The bid’s initial announcement follows below. We are happy to announce that a committee has been formed to bring the 85th Worldcon to Montréal, Québec, Canada. The 67th Worldcon in 2009 in Montréal was the last […]
10.2.2024 16:12Montreal Announces Bid For 2027 WorldconPast and current Worldcons and bids for future Worldcons gave presentations and took questions from the members of SMOFCon 40, the convention about running SF&F genre conventions, on the evening of December 2, 2023 in Providence, Rhode Island. Courtesy of SMOFCon 40’s sponsoring organization, MCFI, we have uploaded video of all of the presentations to […]
24.12.2023 00:06Worldcon Q&A Sessions at SMOFCon 40 PostedSMOFCon is an annual conference about running SF/F genre conventions. SMOFCon 40 in Providence, Rhode Island received the following informational questionnaires from seated Worldcons and bids for future Worldcons. Glasgow 2024 Worldcon Seattle 2025 Worldcon LA in 2026 Worldcon Bid Kampala, Uganda in 2028 Worldcon Bid Dublin, Ireland in 2029 Worldcon Bid
1.12.2023 16:55Questionnaires Submitted by Worldcons and Bids at SMOFCon 40The bid from Seattle, Washington, USA, won the election to host the 2025 Worldcon held at the 2023 Worldcon in Chengdu, China. The official results announced at the WSFS Business Meeting were as follows: Seattle: 163 Peggy Rae’s House (write in): 1 Xerps in 2010 (write in): 2 Total With Preference: 166 Needed to Elect […]
28.10.2023 11:05Seattle Selected to Host 2025 WorldconHi Nice I am sorry to hear that you postpone your bid - I looked foreward to visit you in 2023 Keep up the good work and I hope to see you another time. :-) Jan - Denmark
28.7.2020 21:04Comment on Nice, France Worldcon Bid Announces Postponement by Jan Barenholdt[…] Straight from the Worldcons news feed… […]
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